REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Three years after halal certification regulation ruled out in DKI Jakarta province, only 1,8 percent from 1.981 restaurants has halal certificate. It means only 36 halal restaurants available in Jakarta.

Executive Director of Indonesia Halal Watch Ikhsan Abdullah said it occured because the city administration has not made the need of halal restaurant for Muslims as a priority. So does the business sector.

"Meeting the needs of its citizen in obtaining halal food and beverages should be the obligation of Jakarta Provincial Governent," Ikhsan said.

Jakarta Governor Regulation No.158/2013 about Restaurant and Non-Restaurant Halal Certification should be implemented properly, because the regulation binds the governor and the public.

"It seems, Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has a low commitment on implementing halal regulation that protects Muslim citizen as majority," Ikhsan said in a statement made available to Republika.co.id, on Sunday (9/25).  

Jakarta Governor Regulation 158/2013 also very much in line with the mandate of Law Number 33 Year 2014 on halal product assurance which requires that all products circulating in the community must be certified kosher.

As the capital city, Jakarta is very suiteable to be a pioneer of healthy and halal modern lifestyle.

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